Heel.



w. 11. VAUGHAN. HEEL APPLIOATIONIILBD MAB. 19 1914.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914 WWW Walter H. Vaughan ent; invention is'animprovement nponithe "-heel dis 'closed by my Patent granted'Fe bru ar "24th; 1914 a p I f- The presentinventionf'aim's toprov de1a.;

'20 I -ent tread pieces' that. can and quickly repositioned" andevenly i Worn, aad.

sta'ining thetread pieces' m pos1t1on',f=,.- i a i .The referencenumeral llde note s' Q a portion j. of a sh'oelhaving 'a' heel 2 of less depth than an ordinary'heel and secured to the heel 2;

tain newai d usefl'll erence -bei1ighad j therein to ;t

. gdrawiingsi- .9: im j ar rf b" t at-am b 4 j having renewable; tread pieces adapted rm wbe re w d en n o i r dmrre d h tioned; whereby the tread pieces arefevenly'i STATES OFFICE:

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This m mmal-relates] 'WOI'I'I- Itis this connection thatthe pres-i:

noyelmeans is employedv for" preventing the tread pieces fromcracking orbreakin loose} V v j .cessegelo and'the openingspf'said plates are,

adap ,d to 'receive'scre'ws 13 that extend 1 through-the openings ll' 'into' the heel 2 of from the fastening-means employed orl re 'j' The invention -f1i her -aims-to'zpro -'de a cushion heel having. yieldable tread pieces any possibilityfofwea of the. b d slipping.-

The invention'iwill bebettemunderstood-f. when referenc'e is hadzto the drawing and v I I add-resiliencyto the tread pieces byallowing the wallsthereof to yield and each tread, I

the detail description thereof.

same partly broken awayv and partly 'in detached tread piece.

section,"andFig. 3' is a 'pierspect'ive v ew of a hy .a'plurality of'screws 3 or. similar fasten mg means is a; heel body 4 of suitable 'con-l.,

I tourand proportions,- said heel body being made ofrlibber 'or like resilient orcushi'o'n- 7 ing In'a'teri il l The heel body 4 adjacentit q,; the; outer edges thereof,-.-is provi'dedwyitha plurality of tapering sockets 5,..said sockets 'Qint in proximity 'to the I inner side of the mprovenients 1n Heels, 7

,e .cc p ny heelhayingrenewable andfi detachable resili-'-'-- Bil ,spetmem'aen a ement. Patented maze, 1914; il'g n wm aaamh 19,1914; ;'erla1i'o. 8 25,935. l

g annular sho'iilders v 7, The fopenadapted to receivethe} triangular shanks 8 of smallends'ofthe t' pieces bear'upor'rthe shoiilders'jf wi thewalls oi the tread piecesi snugly fitting against-the-wa'lls of thesoc'k-a et h -lei erl rg ends df'i'thetr a'dp' e protrude theredfi =10" i s met lthan theii ss ded' within athe' tr'e'ad .pie'ces',v at. the junc jtionip' f theqreoessesglqand the openings I '12 ire of? igmter ter-than the rea :a,"cbmmoypl eieparinei with the j;read

ends I gigovided lvith' concentric recesses jumcatio withscrewopeningsH "G i'IiQOii-ihimicatim said sockets. The g n1gs.f 6jardlof less-diameter than the QILOrIgsmall ends of the sockets, thereby-j ingfs flare triangular ncros'ssection and are v fromjthe' large Iehds "'f.the sockets. I

-* '.-the"shoe*for retaining-jthetreadpieces-in ithe -g'sockets g5 of the "heel; body'n- The heads. of

consequently the tread pieces 9 ;are not cut l 'det'ac ingthe tread pieces;

said heads" are counter sunk, saidfijreces'ses it is'brought into contact.- By tapering the 'brace said tread-pieces and tend to retard "'toof'great a compression of the same. LIE-5s through the mediumof the trlanguthe tread-pieces can be uniformly-worn and *the longevity, of the s me 'i QteaSedJ As the tread pieces at therear endof-thep'heel gen- 'erally'jreceiye greater wear'than the treadpieces at the forward end' of the heel, it will I beg-an'. extremelyfeasy matter to .shift the treadjrpieces around :whereby all of said tread pieces areevenly worn. f

' 1' One embodiment of my invention has'been f lus re e fb it we ",or Iin Hn'eH' by the screws when attaching gor "piece squarely engag'es'ithe surface to which the screws13 'engagethe Wear plates 12 tread-- pieces thejwalls of the socketsflfirmly j oo 'lar shanks. 8 that the tread piec esic'an he r'e-"l peatedly repositioned, ivhereby theedgs' of the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What 1 claim is:

l. A cushion heel comprising a heel body provided with tapering sockets and triangular shaped openings in communication with said sockets, tapering tread pieces mounted in said sockets and provided with shanks extending into said openings, wear plates embedded in said tread pieces, and means extending through said Wear plates adapted to retain said tread pieces in engagement with said heel body.

2.. A cushion heel comprising a heel body provided with sockets and openings in communication with said sockets, tread pieces .detachably mounted in the sockets of said heel body and provided with shanks extend ing into said openings and said shanks being shaped and arranged to prevent rotation of said tread pieces in said sockets, wear plates embedded said tread pieces, and means extending through said wear plates for retaining said tread pieces in the sockets of said heel body.

3. A cushion heel comprising a heel body provided with tapering sockets and openings in communication with said sockets, tapermeas es ing tread pieces arranged in said sockets and having shanks non-rotatably held in the openings of said heel body, wear plates counter-sunk in said tread pieces, and means extending through said wear plates adapted to retain said tread pieces in engagement with said heel body.

tflflhe combination with a shoe heel, of a heel body arranged upon said shoe heel v and provided with tapering sockets and body and said tread pieces in engagement with said shoe heel.

In testimony whereof i affix my signature I in presence of two witnesses.

' WALTER H. VAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. Donn, KARL H. BUTLER. 

